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India Rankings released by the National Institutional Ranking Framework that ranks the higher education institutions in India has been in existence since 2016. It plays an important role in providing proper assessment of a large number of higher education institutions in India, that fail to get represented in international rankings. In the present study, I have analysed the stability of the India Rankings. In particular, the uncertainty and sensitivity analyses are used for analysing the stability of the ranking results produced by India Rankings 2020. The results indicate that the rankings are highly volatile. The rankings of only top 10–15 institutions are found to be relatively stable while for most of the other institutions, the ranks assigned to them are found to be unstable. The results of the study give useful inputs to policy makers and stakeholders for improving the ranking methodology. It will also help general readers in understanding to what extent they can believe in the ranking results.

Keywords

India Rankings, NIRF, Scientometrics, University Rankings, Uncertainty and Sensitivity.
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